What is the Canadian Polar Commission?
Canada’s primary polar knowledge agency
● Point of contact with the Canadian and international polar scientific community
● Works with Canadian and international institutions to determine scientific and other priorities
● Encourages and facilitates cooperation and collaboration in the advancement of polar knowledge
● Provides advice to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Strategic Priorities for Furthering Polar Knowledge
● Activate and build and more effective networks
● Synthesize knowledge to identify opportunities, issues and trends; provide insight and guidance
● Communicate knowledge through synthesis of research findings
The Canadian Polar Commission
● is Canada’s adhering body to the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
● Supports the Canadian Network of Northern Research Operators (CNNRO)
● Posts polar information and upcoming events on its website
● Works with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) to help inspire and guide a new generation of polar researchers
● Supports Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)
Our Growing Network
Federal Government:
- Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS)
- Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
- Natural Resources
- Polar Continental Shelf Program
- Canadian Space Agency
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Environment
- National Research Council
Northern Research Institutes and Governments
- Nunavut Research Institute
- Yukon Research Centre
- Aurora Research Institute (NWT)
Canadian Committee for Antarctic Research
ArcticNet
Association for Polar Early Career Scientists
Outreach
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Aboriginal Organizations
Canadian Network of Northern Research Operators
International
- International Arctic Science Committee
- Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research
Other nations with polar interests
- USA
- European Union
- U.K.
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Russia
- Norway
- Finland
- Sweden
- Iceland
- Greenland/Denmark
- Poland
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Argentina
- New Zealand
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